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In pictures: 60th Scottish Ploughing Championships

Paul Campbell Two horses walking side by side as they pull a plough. In the background is a person in a red jacket.Paul Campbell

The 60th Scottish Ploughing Championships have taken place in the Highlands.

There were different classes of competition, including contests for ploughs drawn by horses and vintage tractors.

The event was held at Newmore Farm, near Invergordon, over the weekend.

Paul Campbell A man drives a vintage tractor as it ploughs a field of stubble. There are other tractors, and also people, in the background the field in lined by trees.Paul Campbell

The competition's rules include entrants being barred from trying to mark out lines to follow by leaving marks on the ground.

Furrows must be ploughed to a certain depth and contestants have to complete their set amount of ploughing within a designated time.

To have a chance of winning, the ploughing must be uniform and neat and no stubble or grass should be visible in the furrows.

Paul Campbell A man wearing a woolly hat works on a plough, while another man in a cap and boiler suit uses a tool to dig at the ground.Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell A person is bent over between two horses chained to a plough in field of stubble. There are people and tractors in the background.Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell A tractor and plough cut furrows in a field of stubble. A group of judges stand on the furrows.Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell Five tractors of different types ploughing in a field. A group of three people are gathered talking.Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell A red tractor with the number 77 on it. A man in a boiler suit and wearing a cap is using the tractor to plough a field.Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell A competitor plans his ploughing. He is wearing a grey boiler suit and blue woolly hat. His grey tractor is in the background.Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell Three horses attached to ploughs in a field. There are trees and a hillside covered in confers behind them.Paul Campbell
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